Assessment of necrotic core with intraplaque hemorrhage in atherosclerotic carotid artery plaque by MR imaging with 3D gradient-echo sequence in patients with high-grade stenosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 890-896

  Hishikawa, Tomohito ^a   Iihara, Koji ^a   Yamada, Naoaki ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Miyamoto, Susumu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Intraplaque hemorrhage; MR imaging; Necrotic core

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 77957846282     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS091057     Document Type: Article

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